It was Russellville's first win of the tournament, and it came on the heels of a two-hit effort in a 5-0 loss to Little Rock Post Blue on Sunday. Cogswell (11-10, 3-3 Zone 3) opened tourney play with a 7-2 loss to Searcy on Saturday despite holding a 10-9 advantage in hits.

Just a week ago, the very same North Little Rock team held Russellville to two hits and won 7-0.

But Cogswell coach Rob Vessell said his players brought a different attitude to Monday's contest. Russellville scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back.

"We got back to playing our style of baseball," Vessell said. "We showed up wanting to play, and you could tell the difference."

Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the first, Lucas Cox walked, followed by a single by Brandon Brown. Josh Williams doubled to score Cox, and Drew Siebenmorgan singled to plate both Brown and Williams.

A North Little Rock error allowed Derek Owens to reach safely and Siebenmorgan to score, pushing Russellville's lead to 4-1 after one inning of play.

North Little Rock added one run in each of the second and third innings to trail 4-3 entering the fourth. Cogswell stretched its lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the inning when Cox walked and eventually scored on a single by Williams.

North Little Rock pulled within 5-4 in the top of the sixth but would get no closer. Russellville added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning when Brown walked and scored on a double by Williams.

Williams pitched the final 423 innings for Cogswell and earned the win.

Russellville is scheduled to continue tournament play against Texarkana at 12:30 p.m. today.

Sunday's game

Little Rock Post Blue 5, Russellville 0

Little Rock Post Blue held Cogswell to just two hits Sunday and came away with a 5-0 victory.

"We were just swinging at bad pitches," Vessell said. "We were not swinging at the pitches we needed to."

Post Blue finished with seven hits, scoring two runs in each of the first and fourth innings and adding another in the sixth for good measure.